Although the League season had ended a fortnight earlier, we still had some "goodwill" matches to fulfil.

On this particular day it was a visit to Rush Green Road, Romford to inaugurate the new sports ground of Briggs Sports F.C. (now the Ford Sports Ground, following the amalgamation of Briggs Bodies with the Ford Motor Co). The match was in aid of the Sir Herbert Dunnico Memorial Fund.

Our opponents were a Dagenham and Romford District XI; the Hammers won 3-2.

More than five decades later West Ham United purchased the ground to use as a training base for their Development squad at the newly named Rush Green ground